Quote Originally Posted by Bernd
Yes this makes sense to me. I also bought Schindlers List after I've seen it in the Cinema. Have never watched it again. Much too painful. All I really wanted to know is, if I fancy a certain type of music I select a record and it can lead me all over the place. It's not really possible with movies though.But then again completely different medium.
I take the point of broadcasts and if that's what you're into-good on you.

Bernd
It's interesting, I watched Schindler's List 7 times at the theater. yes seven - that is no misprint. I went into that movie not knwoing anything about it because ti was not advertised...I was with a friend - completely transcended the movie going experience to such a degree that I knew I needed to see this as many times on the big screen while it lasted.

I paid over $100.00 for a limited edition boxed Laserdisc set (still have it even though I have no laserdisc player. Watched 3 times on LD - Bought the boxed DVD set a year ago have not played it yet.

As a histoy minor (Schindler's List was a reason I selected History to be my minor) I was expecting that my academic studies would yield a negative view of the film -- the reverse happened. Spielberg and his writing crew were phenomenally even handed on the picture - following the book's main messages changing what was needed to work for the big screen. I always laugh at those dumb critics for attacking the scene with the girl in the red coat -- the establishment is so anti-Spielberg (if not anti-Jew) that they say the red coat girl was just another overly manipulative sentimental thing Spielberg added in -- hmm guess they never read the book (says much about their film criticism). Schindler breaks down at the end - which never was proven to happen -- Spielberg is blamed by same critics as trying to explain Schindler and he should not have. Again, we know what happened to Schindler after the war -- a depressed man who felt incredibly guilty for not "having done more" an alcoholic who lived off the financial help of the Jews he divorced and was pennyless. Spielberg puts this now broken man at the end of his film and he gets criticized for it -- well it is just pathetic film criticism.

Anywho rant over. Buying a film is different in that one may only watch the movie once in 3 years...but compare that to renting. You have to drive to the video store and hope it's in and pay $5.00Cad to get it...if the video chain even carries the film you want. in the long run buying the movie is cheaper IF it is a movie you will re-watch. Some movies I like but won't re-view them so why buy it.

but truthfully that is no different than much of my music collentcion -- I find the same discs get replayed in my collection. AN's owner owns 70,000+ albums and it is a physical impossibility for him to play all of those. But then there is such a thing as a music collector like a card or stamp collector.